shoeblack
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shoeblack
Example Sentences
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He had evidently got himself up for the occasion, for his shoeblack uniform had been well brushed, his hands and face severely washed, and his hair plastered well down with soap-and-water.
From My Doggie and I by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
It was the voice of a small shoeblack, whose eyes looked wistful.
From The Young Trawler by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
When the shoeblack part of the affair is over and done with, the grammar, which was made for schoolmarms in male garb, and the shining rhetoric, what remains?
From Unicorns by James Huneker
Why, even the little shoeblack was more to him now than I was.
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed
The child for friends he sad did lack, They said he was but a shoeblack, Kind hearted man the poor child bore, To a soft cot in back of store.
From Poems of James McIntyre by James McIntyre
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